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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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