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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education enable humans all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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