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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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