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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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