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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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