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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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