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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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