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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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