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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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