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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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