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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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