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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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