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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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