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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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