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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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