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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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