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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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