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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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