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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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