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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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