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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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