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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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