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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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