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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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