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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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