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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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