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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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