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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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