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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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