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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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