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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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