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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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