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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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