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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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