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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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