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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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