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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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