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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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