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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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