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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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