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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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