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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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