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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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