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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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