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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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