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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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