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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. 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. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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