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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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