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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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