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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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