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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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