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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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