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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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