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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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