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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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