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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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