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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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