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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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