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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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