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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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