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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the 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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