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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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