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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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