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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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