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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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