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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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