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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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