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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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