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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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