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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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