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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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