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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key 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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