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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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