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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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