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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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