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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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