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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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