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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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