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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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