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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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