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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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