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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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