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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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