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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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