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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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