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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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