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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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