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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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