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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses 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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