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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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