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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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