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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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