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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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