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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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