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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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