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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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