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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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