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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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