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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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