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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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