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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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