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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education