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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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