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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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