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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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