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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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