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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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