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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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