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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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