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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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