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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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