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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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