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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major 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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