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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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