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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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