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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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