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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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