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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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