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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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