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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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