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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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