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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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