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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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