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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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