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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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