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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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