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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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