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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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