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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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