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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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