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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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