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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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