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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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