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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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