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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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