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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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