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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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