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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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