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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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