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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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