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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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