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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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