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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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