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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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