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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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