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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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