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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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