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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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