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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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