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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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