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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. 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. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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