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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that 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 guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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