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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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