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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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