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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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