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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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