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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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