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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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