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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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