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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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