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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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