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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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