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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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