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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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