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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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