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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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