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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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