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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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