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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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