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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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