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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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