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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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