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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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