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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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