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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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