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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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