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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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