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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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