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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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