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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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