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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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