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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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