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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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