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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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