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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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