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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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