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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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