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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches 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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