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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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