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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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