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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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