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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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