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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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