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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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