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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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