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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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