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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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