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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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