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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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