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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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