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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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