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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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