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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the 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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