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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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