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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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