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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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