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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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