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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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