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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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