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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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