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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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