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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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