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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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