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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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