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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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