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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and 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 procurable there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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