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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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