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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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