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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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