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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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