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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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