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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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