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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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