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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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