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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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