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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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