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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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