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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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