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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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