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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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