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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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