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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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