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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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