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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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