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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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