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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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