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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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