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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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