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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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