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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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