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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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