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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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