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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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