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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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