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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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