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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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