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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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