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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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