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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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