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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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