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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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