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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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