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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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