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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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