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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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