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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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