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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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