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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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