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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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