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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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