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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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