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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand these new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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