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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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