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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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