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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the dramatic 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 definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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