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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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