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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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