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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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