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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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