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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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