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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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