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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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