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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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