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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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