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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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