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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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