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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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