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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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