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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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