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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the key 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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