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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning enable students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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