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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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