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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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