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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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