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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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