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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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