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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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