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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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