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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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