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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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