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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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