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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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