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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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