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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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