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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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