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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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