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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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