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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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