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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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