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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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