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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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