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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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