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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 (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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