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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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