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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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