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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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