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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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