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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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