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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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