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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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