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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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