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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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