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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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