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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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