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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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