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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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