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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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