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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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