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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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