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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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