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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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