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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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