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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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