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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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