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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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