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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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