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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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