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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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