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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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