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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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