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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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