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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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