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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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