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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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