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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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