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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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