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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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