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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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