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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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