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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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