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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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