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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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