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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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