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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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