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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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