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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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