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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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