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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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