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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important 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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