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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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