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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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