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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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