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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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