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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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