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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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