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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major 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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