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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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