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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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