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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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