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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand 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 issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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