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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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