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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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