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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OERs). As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. New gains in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates? How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation.

There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? What different business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major challenges associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). For more details please visit this MOOC book site.

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