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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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