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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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