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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major 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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