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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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