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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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