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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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