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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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