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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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