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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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