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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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