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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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