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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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