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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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