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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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