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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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