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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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