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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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