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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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