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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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