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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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