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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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