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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 massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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