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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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