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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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