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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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