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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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