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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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