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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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