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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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