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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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