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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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