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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the gripping 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 stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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