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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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