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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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