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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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