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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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