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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 be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business 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 educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major 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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