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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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