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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning enable people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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