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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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