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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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