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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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