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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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