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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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