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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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