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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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