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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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