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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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