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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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