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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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