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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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