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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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