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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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