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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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