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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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