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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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