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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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