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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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