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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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