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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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