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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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