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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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