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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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