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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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