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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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