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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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