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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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