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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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