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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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