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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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