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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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