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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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