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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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