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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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