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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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