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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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