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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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