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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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