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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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