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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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