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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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