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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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