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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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