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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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