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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the 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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