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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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