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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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