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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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