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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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