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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major 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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