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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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