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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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