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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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