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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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