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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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