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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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