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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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