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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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