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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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