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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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