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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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