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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses 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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