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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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