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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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