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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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