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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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