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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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