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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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