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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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