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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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