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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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