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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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