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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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