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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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