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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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