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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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