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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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