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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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