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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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