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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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