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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the 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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