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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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