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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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