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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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