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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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