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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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