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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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