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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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