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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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