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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important 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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