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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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