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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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