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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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