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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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