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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting 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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