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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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