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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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