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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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