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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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