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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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