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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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