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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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