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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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