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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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