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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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