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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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