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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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