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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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