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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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